The new measures announced by Sánchez: from the free Cercanías subscription to the tax on banks and large energy companies

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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a battery of social measures, many of them requested by United We Can, during his speech in the first Debate on the state of the nation in seven years.

More than 6,000 public housing in Madrid

Sánchez has announced the unblocking of the

, which has been stopped for 16 years.

An operation that, according to the president, will involve the creation of some

, of which 60% will be public.

This has been one of the requests that the different municipal governments of the capital have been claiming from the State for years.

did it and

has done it

.

100% discount on state transport

Sánchez has also announced that there will be a

: "The discount will go from 50% to 100% on all commuter and medium-distance train tickets operated by Renfe. They will be free from September 1 to December 31 this year. We hope that the communities can complement these efforts", he assured.

Exceptional tax on large energy companies and banks

Sánchez has announced that the Government will implement a

with which it will collect 2,000 million euros.

"It will be an exceptional tax on large energy companies that will be in force in 2023 and 2024, it will affect the extraordinary profits obtained by the dominant groups in the gas and oil sector," he explained.

Likewise, Sánchez has announced that the government will also approve

.

"We ask large companies that any extraordinary benefit obtained from this situation affects the workers" and "does not fatten" their profit accounts.

An additional 2,134 million euros in education scholarships

The Government will allocate an additional 2,134 million euros to education scholarships.

Thus, 16-year-old students who already receive a scholarship will receive an

, a measure that will benefit nearly one million Spanish students

Sánchez counterprograms

: he will give aid of 100 euros per month to those over 16, which will be received by a million students.

"The Government is committed to scholarships to activate the social elevator and not to perpetuate inequalities", proclaims

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